Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-19
CONNECTICUT NATIONAL GUARD
To Go Into Camp on August Twenty Second-An Omcial Order Issued.


 To Go Into Camp on August Twenty
 SecOnd-An 0facial order Issued.
 The following order was issued from the
 adiutant generals office at Hartford yester-
 day:
 General orders No. IF.
 1. Brigadier General Charles P. Graham,
 commanding, is hereby ordered to assemble
 the brigade, Connecticut National Guard, at
 the State camp ground, Mantle, Monday,
 August 22, prox., at 10 am for six days duty. No organization will be allowed in camp prior to that date. All books of
 record will be subjected to inspection as re- quired. General Graham will forward to these headquarters in the field daily during l the encampment consolidated daily report of the troops, and at the close of the en- | campment will forward to this office the reg | mental, battalion and battery consolidated morning reports for each day. The en- l campment will be conducted according to | the provisions of article II, Regulatlons C | N. G., 1884.
 2. The quartermaster general will lay out the camp ground and pitch the tents, in- | cluding quarters for two officers of the U. S. army.
 | III. Commanding officers will make requi- | sition for transportation on or before July 20. | Transportation for horses, for field and staff \ officers will be furnished only from the re- | spective regimental and battalion headquar- ! ters.
 The brigadier general commanding is di- rected to make requisition upon the quarter master general for necessary camp equlpage, supplies and blank ammunition required to | carry out any field manoeuvers decided upon; supplies for use of companies and platoons | will be issued by the quartermaster general | direct to the respective commanding officers | thereof in camp upon their acquisition. ". The attention of officers and men is again invited to the careful and just criti- cisms of Lieutenant Totten, U. $. A., upon ! the encampment of last year, as published in c. o. No 5, dated A.G. O., March 22, especially such as relate to guard duty and salutes; and they are urged to use every endeavor to cor rect the evils therein noted. The custom which has prevailed to some extent of social visits between officers and men during the encampment is entirely unmilitary and should be absolutely abolished. It is expected that two officers of the United States army will be detailed by the War department for duty at the encampment, one to give special instruc- tion in guard duty each day to the officers and men detailed for that duty and one to | give instruction in the use of heavy artillery. V. The commander-in-chief desires to re- | mind the officers and men of the brigade that ! encampments are for the purpose of their instruction, and that the State has right to ! expect of them strict attention to duty while | there. He intends to be present several days during the encampment, but wishes his presence there to interfere as little as practi- cable with the regular routine of military duties; he therefore desires that no troops be sent to the railroad station to escort him to | the camp, and that the brigade be not pa- | raded on his arrival there. He will review the brigade Friday, August 26.
 VI. Muster pay rolls for duty will be made out strictly in accordance with law and the \ instructions contained therein and must he | signed and completed on or before the last | day of encampment and delivered at these | headquarters in the field by 10 o'clock a. m. ! Saturday, August 27th; they must be com- | plete in every respect. Enlistment papers of recruits not previously forwarded to this office will be forwarded through usual chan ' nels on or before that date. The attention of all commanding officers is invited to Par.
 VIII, G. O. Mo- 10, series of 1885, for special instructions regarding muster pay rolls. VII. Encampments of the National Guard
 being held by authority of law, every officer | and enlisted man is required to be present | for duty.
 Commanding officers are directed to see | that enlisted men absent without leave or sat- | isfactory excuse to them are legally notified of fines incurred and that the fines are col lected. Excuses for imperative reasons only may be granted. The fine for absence from camp without leave or satisfactory excuse is five dollars for each day of absence Gan ab- | sence of the three daily roll calls iD camp is, \ by law, absence for the entire day) and for any unsoldierly conduct or disobedienee to | orders not more than ten dollars. The brig ! adler general will report to this office any | commissioned officers absent with all facts | regarding the cause of absence. Excuses for
 absence on pass or guard duty in camp must
 be verified in each case at brigade headquar- ' ters.
 VIII. It having come to the knowledge of | this office that in some companies of the O. \ N. G. the usual calls for company drills are n II. IL 1o.l E.. that in the drills preparatory to the encamp- ment, and in all company drills in armories in the future, two calls be sounded; the first, \ ten minutes before the hour appointed for \ drill when the men will at once obtain their
 uniforms and arms and repair near their places in line; when the first note of the
 7tassembly" is sounded the first sergeant will give the command, 'Fall in;" and as the last note is sounded he will command, Left face;" Support arms;" and call the roll.
 By order of the commander-in- chief, | FREDERICK E. CAMP, ! Adjutant General